METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FABRICATING MULTI-PIECE SUBSTRATE

摘要

Provided are a multi-piece board fabrication method and apparatus which are capable of efficiently bonding a frame and a non-defective board piece together, thereby efficiently fabricating a multi-piece board comprising a plurality of non-defective board pieces. The method and apparatus are configured to cause a board piece conveyance mechanism to extract and hold a board piece stored in a board piece stacker and couple the board piece with a frame placed on a retaining table located in a first working area, and, after moving the retaining table from the first working area to a second working area, apply an adhesive to a coupled region between the board piece and the frame by using a dispenser to thereby fix a positional relationship therebetween.

主权项

1. An apparatus for fabricating a multi-piece board in which a plurality of board pieces are attached to a frame, comprising:
a working table having a horizontally spreading working area; a linear guide extending in a first direction in such a manner as to divide the working area of the working table into a first working area and a second working area; a board piece stacker disposed within the first working area and configured to releasably store a stack of non-detective board pieces; a board piece conveyance mechanism attached to the linear guide at a position on the side of the first working area and configured to sequentially extract each of the board pieces stored in the board piece stacker and convey the extracted board piece to a given position along the first direction; a retaining table disposed on the working table in such a manner as to be movable between the first and second working areas to allow positioning and fixing operations between the frame and each of the plurality of board pieces to be performed; a retaining table conveyance mechanism supporting the retaining table and configured to move the retaining table over a range from the first working area to the second working area along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and a dispenser installed to the linear guide at a position on the side of the second working area in such a manner as to be movable along the first direction and configured to supply an adhesive for bonding together the frame and each of the board pieces located on the retaining table, wherein the apparatus are operable to cause the board piece conveyance mechanism to sequentially extract and hold each of the board pieces stored in the board piece stacker and couple the board piece with the frame placed on the retaining table located in the first working area, and, after moving the retaining table from the first working area to the second working area, apply the adhesive to a coupled region between the board piece and the frame by using the dispenser to thereby fix a positional relationship therebetween.